Lochia turned pinkish red again and smells much more strongly at 4.5 weeks postpartum?

Hey ladies - first let me say I do have an ob appointment Monday, but wanted to see if you had any advice before then. I'm almost five weeks postpartum and my lochia turned yellow around week three. Coming into week four, it's started turning pink again and the flow got heavier. It also began to smell - before I hardly remember it smelling like anything, and now it smells like really old period blood. Like a slightly rotten fleshy smell. I've taken two sitz baths since then but it's really hard to get away long enough to do them more regularly. I still use the peri bottle after peeing and a fresh washcloth to hold warm water against myself while taking a shower. I had an episiotomy and I got a second degree tear as well, for the record. DH (dear husband) looked at my stitches a few days ago and said I looked pretty normal, no redness or swelling and I haven't had a fever or anything. Any thoughts?

I also developed a hemorrhoid around the same time, which was weird to me since I didn't have one during either my pregnancy not my delivery.

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I started to bleed again pretty heavily at around 4 weeks postpartum after having only spotting for a week. I have an appointment next week, so I thought to ask about it then. I can’t remember how long I bled with my first but I do remember that it would start and stop.

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